Erie is an industrial city on the shore of Lake Erie and the regional
hub of northwestern of Pennsylvania. Named for the lake and the Native
American tribe that resided along its southern shore, Erie is the
state's fourth largest city (after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and
Allentown), with a population of 104,000. Erie's Metropolitan Area
consists of approximately 280,000 residents and an Urbanized Area
population of approximately 195,000. The city is the seat of government
for Erie County. Erie is in proximity to Cleveland, Ohio; Buffalo, New
York; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Once teeming with heavy industry,
Erie's manufacturing sector remains prominent in the local economy,
though healthcare, higher education, and tourism are emerging as
greater economic drivers. More than four million people each year visit
Presque Isle State Park, for water recreation, and a new casino named
for the state park is growing in popularity. Erie is known as the
Flagship City because of the presence of Oliver Hazard Perry's flagship
Niagara. The city has also been called the Gem City because of the
"sparkling" lake. Erie won the All-America City Award in 1972.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1859:
German scholar Constantin von Tischendorf rediscovered the Codex
Sinaiticus, a 4th century uncial manuscript of the Greek Bible, in
Saint Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Sinaiticus>
1899:
The Philippine–American War opened when an American soldier, under
orders to keep insurgents away from his unit's encampment, fired upon a
Filipino soldier in Manila.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War>
1974:
The Provisional Irish Republican Army bombed a motor coach carrying
off-duty British Armed Forces personnel and their family members,
killing twelve and wounding fifty more.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M62_coach_bombing>
1992:
Venezuelan Army Lieutenant Colonel Hugo Chávez failed in his attempt to
overthrow the government of Carlos Andrés Pérez.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Venezuelan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempts>
1999:
The Panamanian-flagged freighter New Carissa ran aground near Coos Bay,
Oregon, US, causing one the worst oil spills in Oregon history.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Carissa>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
score off (v):
1. To defeat (especially in an argument), get the better of.
2. To delete, especially from a list; to draw a line through
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/score_off>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.
--Charles Lindbergh
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